Owner Attacked by Dog and Loses Arms: Was it Provoked or Out of the Blue?

[renie408]

146. We probably don't really disagree at all.

I think that everybody gets down to a 'debate shorthand' when they are talking about something they have argued many times before. I think that maybe when you are saying that ALL dogs can be aggressive, which is true, that people get left with the impression that you are saying Pit Bulls are no different from any other breed. This is a subject about which you are obviously passionate and good on you for that. God knows, animals need people to defend them. I now understand your position better, thanks for being willing to elaborate. There are people, though, who will tell you that Pit Bulls are no different from any other dog and should be treated no differently. They will tell you EVERY TIME that the owner did something to provoke the attack. Which is probably true, but again, that owner doesn't need a dog that you can't play tug of war with when it is a puppy or it is going to eat their arms off when it grows up. To me, this intentional blindness does no one any good. Not the Pit Bulls and not people. If people ignore the fact that, in general and with exceptions, breeds do have certain personality tendencies and need different lifestyles and management approaches; the dogs are the ones that suffer the most. Except in the case of the lady with no arms hiding under her car. She suffered the most there.




(BTW...true story...my husband was bit by a miniature Schnauzer yesterday at a house he was working on. The dog came flying out of a back room and latched onto his calf. Left a nasty bruise and a couple of puncture wounds! Do we blame the dog? No. Stupid owner should have had him locked up. The owner then left the dog loose in the house and it growled and barked at my husband the whole time he was there working. I could hear it in the background when I called him!)